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Welcome to the Web Design Foundations Course!

On behalf of the membership supported WebProfessionals.org and the SchoolofWeb.org we would like to welcome you to the Web Design Foundations Course. We hope you’ll have a wonderful experience studying with us.

Syllabus and Recommended Course Schedule Please note: Since this course is designed to be self directed you can go at your own pace. Meaning that the following week schedule is designed for the average working professional or 3-9 hours per week. Students that plan on studying more full time can accelerate the schedule.

Introduction to Photoshop Week Thirty Two
What is Photoshop?
Introduction to Photoshop
Introductions to graphics

Photoshop Week Thirty Three
How to Launch the Files and Lessons
What Is Photoshop: Raster vs. Vector
What’s New in Photoshop CS6 (Overview)
The Photoshop Family
Touring the Interface and Managing Document Windows
The Window > Application Frame (Mac Only)
Zooming and Navigating
Advanced Zooming and Navigating
Creating, Opening, Editing, and Saving

Photoshop Week Forty Four
12 Artistic Expression and Special Effects
Turn Your Photo Into a Work of Art with Oil Paint
Creating Hand-Painted Artwork from a Photo with the Mixer Brush
Using Adobe Camera Raw for Painterly Effects
Creating Abstract Artwork with the Art History Brush
Using Actions for Special Effects
Record Your Hand-Drawn Painting
Create a Cartoon Avatar Using the Filter Gallery
Creating and Applying Patterns

Web Hosting – Forty Five
– How to choose a web host

File Transfer – Week Forty Six
– How to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to upload your pages to the server

What’s Inside

As a member of the SchoolofWeb.org you will have access to:

* Web design, Web development and Web business resources including educational content, custom curriculum and training resources covering advanced techniques, and the most up-to-date best practices and methods
* Lesson plans for those that teach
* How-to guides to establish a Web professional program at your school or college
* Web professional directories
* Web professional job boards
* Web professional career guides

National Web Design Contest HTML and CSS Training Video

2018 Summer Class

WebProfessionals.org (aka the World Organization of Webmasters) has a 20+ year history of supporting practicing professionals and those that teach them. We also support aspiring web professionals. To that end, we are offering a summer class fro high school students and adult learners who would like to know more about creating web pages. This two week online course can be started any time from June 1, 2018, through late July, 2018. All assignments must be completed before August 10, 2018. Learners will have direct access to a teacher (who is available to answer questions and provide support and encouragement).